“Oh.” She didn’t know what to say. Too many emotions rolled through her. Loss. Regret. Hope.
“What if I don’t want to forget any more?”
“Once a memory is taken, it cannot be returned,” he said softly.
Maddie nodded. She knew that. “Is there ever a chance to make new memories?”
Archer stared at her, silent for so long, Maddie started blushing again.
“I know I’m older,” she stammered. “I mean I’m not a college girl any more, not quite as thin as I was, as pretty as I was, but I love knitting, and yarn—”
And then Archer was bending over her, pulling her close, his lips hot, needful, his teeth scraping the edge of her mouth, inviting her to open for him, promising her pleasure, promising her more.
Maddie moaned. She touched him, stroked him, and savoured the textures and tastes of him, until her body and soul came alive, and she knew she would never forget this, never forget him again.
Author Biographies
Ann Aguirre
National bestselling author of urban fantasy, romantic science fiction and high-octane romances, she lives in Mexico with her family.
www.annaguirre.com
Jennifer Ashley
A RITA-award winning and USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty romances and mysteries, she also writes as Allyson James and Ashley Gardner.
http://www.jennifersromances.com
Camille Bacon-Smith
Author of the Daemon Eyes mystery series. She has a Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania and currently lives in Philadelphia.
http://camille-is-here.livejournal.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Camille-Bacon-Smith/39649589596
Dawn Cook
Fantasy author of the Decoy Princess and Truth series, she also writes as New York Times’ bestselling writer Kim Harrison.
www.dawncook.com
Deborah Cooke
Since selling her first romance novel in 1992, she has published forty novels and novellas. She has written medieval romances as Claire Delacroix; time-travel romances, paranormal romances, chick-lit and contemporary romances as Claire Cross, and the Dragonfire series of urban-fantasy romances as Deborah Cooke. She lives in Canada with her husband and family, and knits far too much.
http://www.delacroix.net
http://www.clairecross.com
http://www.deborahcooke.com
Carole Nelson Douglas
New York Times’ Notable Book of the Year winner and the author of fifty-some mystery, fantasy and romance novels, whose fiction often combines multi-genre elements, her early high fantasies were Top 25 chain bestsellers. The first two books of her current Delilah Street urban fantasy series, Dancing with Werewolves and Brimstone Kiss, received starred Publishers’ Weekly reviews and made Nielsen Bookscan bestseller lists. She is the author of the popular 22-book Midnight Louie, feline PI, mystery series. Vampire Sunrise, the third Delilah Street novel, comes out in late 2009.
www.carolenelsondouglas.com
www.dancingwithwerewolves.com
Angie Fox
New York Times bestselling author of the Accidental Demon Slayer series, she claims that researching her books can be just as much fun as writing them. In the name of fact-finding, Angie has ridden with Harley biker gangs, explored the tunnels underneath the Hoover Dam and found an interesting recipe for Mamma Coalpot’s Southern Skunk Surprise.
www.angiefox.com
Jamie Leigh Hansen
Paranormal romance author of Betrayed and Cursed, she loves to combine love and the eternal fight between good and evil in stories both supernatural and real.
www.jamieleighhansen.com
[email protected]
Nancy Holder
USA Today bestselling author of the Gifted series, and co-author of the New York Times bestselling Wicked series, she has written many novels tied into the Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel universes.
www.nancyholder.com
Larissa Ione
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the paranormal Demonica series, she also writes contemporary romance for Red Sage and Samhain. In addition, she pens erotic sf action suspense for Random House under the name Sydney Croft, with partner Stephanie Tyler.
www.larissaione.com
Dina James
After writing three Destrati vampire stories featured exclusively in the Mammoth paranormal romance anthologies, her first fantasy story for young adults is published in The Eternal Kiss: 13 Stories of Blood & Desire.
www.dinajames.com
Stacia Kane
Author of the Megan Chase paranormal series, she is the mother of two little girls. She likes french fries and gin.
www.staciakane.com
Caitlín R. Kiernan
Author of the award-winning Silk (winner of the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel, and a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel) and Threshold, among many others. She writes science fiction and dark fantasy works, comic books, short stories, novellas, and vignettes.
www.caitlinrkiernan.com
Caitlin Kittredge
Author of the bestselling Nocturne City series, as well as the Black London adventures (featuring mage Jack Winter), and the Iron Codex, a steampunk trilogy geared towards young adults, she lives in Seattle, is owned by two cats and loves pie.
www.caitlinkittredge.com
Rosemary Laurey
USA Today bestselling author is an expatriate Brit who now lives in Ohio and has a wonderful time writing stories of vampires and shape-shifting pumas. Her new fantasy series, set in Brytewood, England during WWII, is published under the pen name Georgia Evans.
www.rosemarylaurey.com
Karen MacInerney
Author of the Gray Whale Inn mystery series (the first of which, Murder on the Rocks, was nominated for an Agatha award for Best First Novel) and the Tales of an Urban Werewolf trilogy, featuring the reluctant werewolf Sophie Garou.
www.karenmacinerney.com
Devon Monk
Nominated for a Best Urban Fantasy Romantic Times 2008 Reviewer’s Choice Award, she is the author of the urban fantasy Magic series.
www.devonmonk.com
Justine Musk
Author of the dark-fantasy novels Bloodangel and Lord of Bones, about a race of men and women descended from fallen angels who go to war against demons (and sometimes each other), as well as the YA supernatural thriller Uninvited.
www.justinemusk.com
Patti O’Shea
Nationally bestselling author and winner of numerous awards for writing, her books have appeared on the Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks and Borders best-seller lists. Currently, she’s working on the Light Warrior series about a society of magic users that protects humans from demons and monsters.
www.pattioshea.com
Jennifer St Giles
This USA Today bestselling author is a former nurse and home-schooling mother of three. She has won a number of awards for writing excellence including two National Reader’s Choice Awards, two Maggie Awards, a Daphne du Maurier Award, Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart Award, along with RT Book Club’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Historical Gothic/Mystery.
jenniferstgiles.com
jenniferstgiles.blogspot.com
Jeanne C. Stein
Author of the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles. The fifth in the series, Retribution, is released September 2009.
www.jeannestein.com
Jordan Summers
With sixteen published books to her credit, her latest series is the Dead World trilogy, featuring: Red and Scarlet. Crimson, the final book, will be published in November 2009.
www.jordansummers.com
Tiffany Trent
Author and creator of the acclaimed dark fantasy series, Hallowmere. She lives and writes in Manns Harbor, NC.
www.tiffany-trent.com
Jaye Wells
After several years
as an editor and freelance writer, she finally decided to leave the facts behind and make up her own reality. Her overactive imagination and life-long fascination with the arcane and freakish blended nicely with this new career path. Her Sabina Kane urban fantasy series is a mix of dark themes, grave stakes and wicked humour. She lives in Texas with her saintly husband and devilish son.
www.jayewells.com
Diane Whiteside
By day, she builds and designs computer systems for the federal government. By night, she escapes into a world of alpha males and the unique women who turn their lives upside down.
www.dianewhiteside.com
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